Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-30
DON JUAN SECOND.
The Champion Bigsmtst Of the World
An Alleged Sen Of Victor Emmanuel
and His Esespsdes.
The Reckless Life Of Dr. Andrew Jackson
Grant Laid Bare-Wfdows VINO are
Daughters ia-L Law Of 8 Deaa King.

Boston, MASS, Oct. 26 DIR. Andrew
JACKSON Grant, the champion bigsmist of
the world, died suddenly last April In
East Cambridge jail. "The world shall
never know ms SIS I was" were his last
words, yet to-day the world shall know
him as the hero of more love escapsdes
than "Don Juan" himself, as one OF tie
most hezrtless Williams that ever lived, as
the shrewd conspirstor against the
throne Of kings; nay, more, as O man
himself of kingly blood, the son OF
no less s man than Victor Emmanuel,
the dead King of Italy Ii was IN the
Partisan Art Gallery, nearly thirty years
ago, that DR. McSneehy, Of East Boston,
abroad on pleasure tour, met the Doc
tor, even then nan Of pleasing address
snd extraordinary accomplishments. a
fascinating Iipguist of no ordinary brilll-
ancy was DR.. Contri. Contri told Nc
Sdeehy his rom sDtic story. He SAID be
VAS born in 1912, the son of Emmanuel
and Archducbess Adelbrid, OF Austria.
Unfortunately this was two months be-
fore their marriage, and so he was nstu-
raj son. To get him out If the way he
was sent to Swi z 1lsnd, where, II 81
abbey, he wae carefully schoOled, but
kept ignorant of his birth till he was well
along in boyhOod. Toe story led him TO
90 TO Sqrdinis, wher" Victor had come to
/ ING throne. The King hIst Iesrned Of
mis- sons presence through his being
caught in q conspiracy, and he was
! st once fxiled to Paris. COntri camt
with Mr.. McShe ehy to New York, where
they parted. The Prince, after DESERVING
8 well mstured German girl of fourteen,
whom he had married, enlisted in New
Y rk regiment, got separated from his
regiment, and drifted to r chmond. There
he met Virginia Saunders, niece of j q
! Davis. Hardly had peace been declared
before Contri married Miss Saunders and
| fed with her TO Cana, q. She soon 6ie6,
and he returned at once TO the states, az
irving in Boston when FeniSnism WAS al
It's height. he was among the first to
enroll himself in the rank and file then
preparing for raid upon Canada.
Returning from that disastrous affair,
he settled in Boston, hunted up Nc
Sheehy ard married his widowed sisrer,
who had $4,000 In the bsnk. After
squsndering this on banquets to Italian
coDspir stors and other extravegsBces, he
started out on lecturing tour, married
In Poughkeepsle, WAS arrested and sent
to Sing Sing for two years. He got out
after three months and took passage tor
Europe. That was the last Of DR.. Contri
Ell, ven years later Dr.. Grant landed in
| New York of the SINE age that CoDtri
would have been. The story of his work
ing up the summer resorts with his al
legged sister, Kste Ray, is too fresh for
Irepe1ition. After facing many women,
he met his match in one OF his victims,
! Miss Lucy Torrey, of Cambria ge, and Ii
was here the detectives caught him
Many people who knew Contrl
instantly recognize Grants picture. Ooe
woman who knew Coutri well and saw
Grant, says they were the same man
Dissertations of dress, looks, conversation
every thing-tally exactly. So score
of American widows, and heaven knows
how many abroad, can console them
selves themselves with the thought ths'
they are daughtersin-law Of dead King